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Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide / Lu Ann Aday, Llewellyn J. Cornelius ; foreword by Steven B. Cohen.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxii, 518 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0787975605 (cloth)
  • 9780787975609
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4/2 22
LOC classification:
  • RA408.5 .A33 2006
NLM classification:
  • WA 20.5
Other classification:
  • 44.10
  • 70.03
Online resources:
Contents:
Thinking about topics for health surveys -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Thinking through the relationships between variables -- Choosing the methods of data collection -- Deciding who will be in the sample -- Deciding how many will be in the sample -- General principles for formulating questions -- Formulating questions about health -- Formulating questions about demographics and behavior -- Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes -- Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire -- Monitoring and carrying out the survey -- Preparing the data for analysis -- Planning and implementing the analysis of the data -- Writing the research report.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-494).

Thinking about topics for health surveys -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Thinking through the relationships between variables -- Choosing the methods of data collection -- Deciding who will be in the sample -- Deciding how many will be in the sample -- General principles for formulating questions -- Formulating questions about health -- Formulating questions about demographics and behavior -- Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes -- Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire -- Monitoring and carrying out the survey -- Preparing the data for analysis -- Planning and implementing the analysis of the data -- Writing the research report.

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